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_georgie_bateman_ 's review for:
Kairos
by Jenny Erpenbeck
I loved the first two thirds of this novel, but I thought the last third let it down a bit. The beginning and middle were so fast paced, a chaotic love story and it was so well layered with deception but also lust, loss and cruelty. It was gorgeously written and some of the descriptions were just breathtaking. Towards the end I thought the writing got a bit confused and I found myself just wanting to finish it. There were also lots of references to philosophers and composers, lots of references to European and German history that were quite niche- I almost found myself skipping over those bits.